Tarek Skubal

Yeah. Yeah. I mean, yes. That's an easy yes. You know, my name has been butchered my whole life. I stop even caring how people pronounce it. You call me Tariq Tariq. It doesn't matter to me anymore. And I don't think that they expect to see me.

So I just learned that last week. I got asked the question, like, your name means strike in Arabic. I go... I mean, cool. That's really cool. And it just so happens to be kind of my job is to throw strikes. So yeah, I thought that that's, I mean, that's pretty interesting.

So I just learned that last week. I got asked the question, like, your name means strike in Arabic. I go... I mean, cool. That's really cool. And it just so happens to be kind of my job is to throw strikes. So yeah, I thought that that's, I mean, that's pretty interesting.

So I just learned that last week. I got asked the question, like, your name means strike in Arabic. I go... I mean, cool. That's really cool. And it just so happens to be kind of my job is to throw strikes. So yeah, I thought that that's, I mean, that's pretty interesting.

I think when I came back from surgery last year, I mean, the second half of last year was pretty special and dominant as well if you look at the numbers.

I think when I came back from surgery last year, I mean, the second half of last year was pretty special and dominant as well if you look at the numbers.

I think when I came back from surgery last year, I mean, the second half of last year was pretty special and dominant as well if you look at the numbers.

it was it was a pretty special season and then I had a good healthy off season and when I got into spring training my body just felt good and you know throughout the whole season I think I made 31 or whatever starts I felt good for you know 31 starts which is I don't know if a lot of guys can say that and you know I felt good in between and there's some lulls and you take your bumps and bruises and stuff but I felt good and I think when you're healthy as an athlete and

it was it was a pretty special season and then I had a good healthy off season and when I got into spring training my body just felt good and you know throughout the whole season I think I made 31 or whatever starts I felt good for you know 31 starts which is I don't know if a lot of guys can say that and you know I felt good in between and there's some lulls and you take your bumps and bruises and stuff but I felt good and I think when you're healthy as an athlete and

it was it was a pretty special season and then I had a good healthy off season and when I got into spring training my body just felt good and you know throughout the whole season I think I made 31 or whatever starts I felt good for you know 31 starts which is I don't know if a lot of guys can say that and you know I felt good in between and there's some lulls and you take your bumps and bruises and stuff but I felt good and I think when you're healthy as an athlete and

you can just continue to work on things and continue to get better. And I think that that's, you know, where greatness happens. And I was able to do that for a full season.

you can just continue to work on things and continue to get better. And I think that that's, you know, where greatness happens. And I was able to do that for a full season.

you can just continue to work on things and continue to get better. And I think that that's, you know, where greatness happens. And I was able to do that for a full season.

So I think that that was just the most important thing, but I don't, I don't know if there was one start, you know, I go back to the Cincy game where I think I struck out 13 and that was pretty special just because that morning I was told I was an all-star. And then I went out and had that performance, you know, and I was like, this is all kind of happening.

So I think that that was just the most important thing, but I don't, I don't know if there was one start, you know, I go back to the Cincy game where I think I struck out 13 and that was pretty special just because that morning I was told I was an all-star. And then I went out and had that performance, you know, and I was like, this is all kind of happening.

So I think that that was just the most important thing, but I don't, I don't know if there was one start, you know, I go back to the Cincy game where I think I struck out 13 and that was pretty special just because that morning I was told I was an all-star. And then I went out and had that performance, you know, and I was like, this is all kind of happening.

I've never put my name or myself with All-Stars or with Cy Young guy. I just have never really associated myself with that. And then when that start happened, I'm like, holy shit, I am an All-Star. And then you start thinking of yourself like, I am actually that much. I'm good. I'm very good at this game. And that confidence was able to kind of ride with me the rest of the year.

I've never put my name or myself with All-Stars or with Cy Young guy. I just have never really associated myself with that. And then when that start happened, I'm like, holy shit, I am an All-Star. And then you start thinking of yourself like, I am actually that much. I'm good. I'm very good at this game. And that confidence was able to kind of ride with me the rest of the year.

I've never put my name or myself with All-Stars or with Cy Young guy. I just have never really associated myself with that. And then when that start happened, I'm like, holy shit, I am an All-Star. And then you start thinking of yourself like, I am actually that much. I'm good. I'm very good at this game. And that confidence was able to kind of ride with me the rest of the year.

I watched that start probably, I mean, 20 times after. I'm like, I couldn't get hit that day. You know, I'm like, this is unbelievable. It's a feeling that it's – I mean, I just got done golfing. It's like a pure, like, eight iron, you know, and it's like that's the best feeling in sports.